Toy log cabin



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TOY LOG CABIN Filed April 15, 1949 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Feb. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY LOG Lewis J Kalvig, Hackensack, Minn.

Application April 13, 1349, Serial No. 87,153

a novel roof structure and novel means for holding the interlocked side and wall members and the roof structure in assembled relation.

To the above and, the invention consists of the novel construction, arrangement of parts and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the toy log cabin; Figs. 2 and 3 are rear and front elevations, respectively, of the same;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in transverse vertical section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view partly in plan and partly in horizontal section taken 'on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary front elevation with some parts broken away and sectioned;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail view partly in "elevation and partly in section of certain of the side and end members segregated;

, Fig. 8 is'a fragmentary view partly in eleva tion and partly in section showing a modification of the clamping device for side, end and gable members;

Fig. 9 is a side view of the tie shown in Fig. 8

removed from the side and end members;

rality of the longitudinal and transverse'members segregated.

The side walls I I and the end walls I2 are each formed of horizontal members I3 and I3',;re-

spectively, held interlocked, at the corner; portions of the cabin, by notches I4. These side members I3 and the end members I3 are square in cross-section, positioned with their sides oblique. .to vertical planes with their upper and lower, longitudinal edges supporting one another ZbOI form a-tight. structure.

3 Claims. (01'. 46-20).

, The side members I3 and the end members I3, at each comer of the cabin, are rigidly connected and held in assembled relation by a long rod I5 which extends through aligned holes in said members where they cross one another. These rods I5 have heads I6 on their upper ends that are countersunk in the uppermost side members I3. The rods I5, at their lower end portions, have screw-threaded engagement with sleeve-like nut-acting members I! provided with heads I8 countersunk in the lowermost side members I3.

In the rear wall of the cabin is a frame I 9 held inplace by tongues 20, on the ends of the members I3, that abut said frame and extend into grooves 2I in the upright members of the frame I9. Apanel 22, in the frame I9, has its edge portions mounted in grooves 23 in said frame.

In each side wall of the cabin is a window frame 24 held in place by tongues 25 on the ends of the side members I3 that abut said frame and extend into grooves 26 in the upright members of the frame 24. In the frame 24 is a transparent pane 21 held between two thin sashes 28. These sashes 28 are mounted in grooves 29 in the frame 24.

- In the front end wall of the cabin is a door frame 30 held in place by tongues 3 I, on the ends of the end members l3 that abut said frame and extend into grooves 32 in the upright members of the frame 30. This frame 30 is rabbeted at 33 for a door 34 attached by hinges 35 to said frame for inward swinging movement. The door 34 is held closed. by a latch 36 that is operated by a door knob 31.

.The cabin has a gabled roof 38 and end-gables 33 formed by members 40, similar to the end members I3, that are progressively-shorter from the uppermost end member I3 to the ridge of said roof. The roof structure 38 includes a ridge member 4| and two similar intermediate roof 'members' 42. -Theridge member 4| and inter- 'mediate member 42 are identical with the side members I3 and have notched interlocking engagement with the gable members 39. These gable members 39, at each end of the cabin, are rigidly connected, held assembled the one upon the Other, and anchored to the uppermost end "member I3 by a rod 43 like the rods I5 except that they are shorter. The rods 43 extend through aligned holes in the gable members 39 and the uppermostend member I3 'at the transverse centers thereof. The heads 44 of the rods 43 are countersunk in the ridge member M and the heads-45, of the nut-acting members 46, with which the rods 4'3 have screw-threaded engage"- ment, are countersunk in the under side of the uppermost end member l3.

Individual roof boards 41 removably rest on the ridge member M, the intermediate roof members 42 and the two uppermost side members l3. Each roof board 47 has on the under side of its upper end portion a transverse cleat 48 that engages the upper intermediate roof member 42 and holds said roof board from slipping downwardly out of place. The end roof boards 41, which are considerably wider than the intermediate roof boards 41, each has an aperture 4'9 through which the adjacent end portions of the gable members 39 project. Theseapertures 49 have irregular outlines that closely follow the contours of the gable members 39 that project therethrough. The end roof boards 4], below the apertures 49, have on their under sides reinforcing cleats 59.

A ridge roll is mounted on the roof boards 47 and a block representing a chimney 52 rests on the ridge roll 5| and 'is notched at 53 to fit onto said ridge roll. A long wood screw 54 extends through a central vertical aligned bore in the chimney 52 and the ridge roll 5|, between the upper ends of the roof boards 67, and has threaded engagement with the ridge member 4|. The head of the screw 54 is countersunk in the chimney 52.

From the above description, it is evident that the four rods l5 rigidly hold the horizontal members l3 and I3 interlocked in assembled relation, that the two rods 43 hold the ridge member 4| and the intermediate members 42 interlocked with the gable members 4|] and with said gable members in assembled relation and anchored to the end walls l3. It is also evident that the screw 54 rigidly holds the chimney 52, the ridge roll 5| and roof boards 41 in assembled relation and anchored to the end gables 39.

In place of the rods I5 and 43, clamping devices, one of which is shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, may be used. Each of these devices comprise a pair of flat bars 55, the outer ends of which are bent to form hooks 55 that extend transversely over and engage the two outermost horizontal members 51 of a cabin wall structure 58 in one corner and inner side thereof. The inner end portions of the clamping members 55 are overlapped and adjustably connected by an eccentric 59 having a handle 99 by which it may be operated.

End portions of the gable members 49 projecting through the end roof boards 41 give the toy log cabin a pleasing and artistic appearance.

In the structure shown in Figs. 11, 12 and 13, the transverse members 55 and the longitudinal members 55 form, respectively, the end walls 51 and the side walls 58 of the cabin. These members 55 and 55, where they cross one another at the corners of the cabin, are connected by dovetail joints 59. These joints 59 are formed by longitudinally recessing the inner and outer sides of each member 5556 to the form of a flat V 60. As shown in Fig. 13, the dovetail joints 59 are formed by the upper halves of the members 55-59 and transverse notches 6| having outwardly converging sides in the lower halves of said members. I

In the rear end wall 51 is a frame 62 in which is mounted a panel 63 andin each side wall 58 is a window frame 64- in which is mounted a transparent panel. 55 between two sashes .66; :IA door 61 is hinged at 68-to ardoor frameJEBJin the front end wall 51 and held closely by a latch HI operated by a door knob II. The ends of the transverse members 56, abutting the upright members of the frames 92 and 69, are secured toy or miniature log cabin, the structure is equally well adapted for play houses and full size cabins.

What I claim is:

1. A. structure of the class described having side and end walls, each wall comprising a tier of horizontal longitudinal members, the end portions of the members at each corner of the structure being crossed, the inner and outer sides of said members each having a longitudinal groove that'extends the full length thereof, each groove in crosr-secticn being in the form of a V having an angle at the intersection of the two legs thereof of more than each member in each or said corners having a transverse notch the sides of which are in outwardly converging; relation, said notches being in corresponding horizontal surfaces of the members, in each of said corners, the members in one wall at each of said corners extending endwise through the notches in the members in the other wall with a sliding working fit and thereby interlocking the members in each of said corners.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which the apexes of the grooves in each member are in a plane equi-distant between the top and the bottom of said members, and the bottoms of the notches are in the same plane with said apexes, whereby the members in each wall rest the one upon-the other.

3. A structure of the class described having side and end walls eachcomprising a tier of horizontal longitudinal members, the end portions of the members in each corner of the walls being crossed and connected by separable interlocking joints, said joints comprising a longitudinal groove in at least one side of each member that extends the full length thereof, and a transverse notch in each end portion of each member, the members in one wall at each corner slidably extending through the notches in the members of the other wall, said notches being interlocked with the grooves.

LEWIS J. 'KALVIG.

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